Test of Photobucket
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I think so too ..... the clock is ticking.
I was only using "9%" of my allotted storage. When all the complaining started, I clicked on their Terms of Use to read for myself. Within 12 hours I'd received their email and they'd deleted the links to all the pics I had posted.
jsfricks
Member
Yep, I was at 3% and photos that have been linked for a long time on the S&W forum are the problem ones. I click on them and the update picture pops up instead. Some photos I posted last week with hardly any views are still showing.
Imgur fixed my Photobucket issues.
Took me a couple of hours but well worth it.
And I now keep the pics on my computer too.
I feel lucky to have retrieved them all.
When I tried to log into PB last night, they've flooded me with ads and other nonsense.
And, no great loss to them as I wasn't a paying customer anyhow!
Took me a couple of hours but well worth it.
And I now keep the pics on my computer too.
I feel lucky to have retrieved them all.
When I tried to log into PB last night, they've flooded me with ads and other nonsense.
And, no great loss to them as I wasn't a paying customer anyhow!
Need to read the "whole clause" as I highlighted.
Why is mine still working as are others??
Granted 2mb is not a lot, but if folks resize the pics rather than mega pixels or perhaps get rid of ancient ones that are no longer used.
I mean its FREE
Whatever
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jsfricks
Member
Need to read the "whole clause" as I highlighted.
Why is mine still working as are others??
Whatever
As I stated in another thread, unless you pay the $399 it's only a matter of time before everyone is shut down from linking to your photos. And yes, I did read it all.
If a free account Member exceeds their Content Limit, their account will be immediately suspended and they will need to become a "Paying Member" (defined below) in order to continue accessing their account. You can upgrade to a Plus account at any time.
Your "Content Limit" isn't how many photos you have on there, it's the amount of views of your linked pictures. I've had two accounts for years. My first one stopped working because their terms stated that if the linked bandwidth exceeded a certain amount each month, it would shut down. That was views, not amount of pictures. This is the same thing but the rules have been made stricter and prices have skyrocketed.
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Need to read the "whole clause" as I highlighted.
Why is mine still working as are others??
Granted 2mb is not a lot, but if folks resize the pics rather than mega pixels or perhaps get rid of ancient ones that are no longer used.
I mean its FREE
Whatever
I'm using about 8% but it said I can't link to a third party site (Like S&W Forum). It makes all my photos into that clock image. I am leaving PB for good.
jsfricks
Member
Good time to buy stock in other photo hosting sites. And a good time to sell any stock you have in Photobucket.
Rastoff
US Veteran
Does PB offer stock?
I have over 1,500 pics in my account. Because I resize them all, I've only got about 2% of my storage consumed. Meh, PB may have issues, but it's working for me.
I have over 1,500 pics in my account. Because I resize them all, I've only got about 2% of my storage consumed. Meh, PB may have issues, but it's working for me.
LVSteve
Member
No offense, but:-
[rant on]
Actually, 2GB is a whole bunch of storage if you don't put the original pictures up on Facebook. Problem is with cable modems everybody got lazy and uncaring about bandwidth. If you save your files at a reasonable pixel count (1200x900) and use reasonable file compression the files should be about 250 kB or less.
Thing is there are certain folks feel that ANY reduction in picture filesize (pixels and/or bytes) is an infringement of some right I don't recall in my citizen ship test. I got into it with a couple of folk on this site over their unnecessarily huge (in bytes) files that made certain threads unviewable using dial-up.
IMHO all Internet users and webpage writers should spend some time using a figure of eight bellwire connection with a 14 k dial-up modem somewhere up near Stonewall Pass, NV. That way it will be forever imprinted on them that speed and bandwidth are finite and precious resources not to be wasted.
[rant off]
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Guess "they" have not found me yet??
My account is private so no views on their site unless I give someone permission.
All photos on this forum still exist??
From PB
My account is private so no views on their site unless I give someone permission.
All photos on this forum still exist??
From PB
All mine are private too and are gone. I think you are correct in the statement that they have not found you yet!
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I quit using Photobucket years ago when they went to a paid service. I had also pulled all of my photos from everywhere as well.
I think with Facebook, if you put pictures on there, you give them the right to use your photos for whatever they want.
I think with Facebook, if you put pictures on there, you give them the right to use your photos for whatever they want.
Since most of my posts are here on this forum I am experimenting with using the forum's own photo posting feature:
Don't know how well it will work out in the long run, but it seems ok for now.
PS...I just checked my photobucket account, and I can still see all of my photos, just can't do 3rd party posting from there. Also, PB specifically says that your photos will be accessible with the free account. I'm not worried about losing any of mine, since I have all of them backed up. Guess for now I'll just leave them there to take up space.
Best Regards, Les
Don't know how well it will work out in the long run, but it seems ok for now.
PS...I just checked my photobucket account, and I can still see all of my photos, just can't do 3rd party posting from there. Also, PB specifically says that your photos will be accessible with the free account. I'm not worried about losing any of mine, since I have all of them backed up. Guess for now I'll just leave them there to take up space.
Best Regards, Les
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doublesharp
Member
About a year ago photobucket was being glitchy so I thought I'd be a big spender and sign up for the 99 cent per month ad free plan.
Solved the intermittant problems and all was good.
I've never had any of the problems others are currently having and I wondered why?
Turns out members of a paid plan that were in good standing June 1 2017 will have normal service through 2018.
I'm going to stay with pb and by then surely there will be an acceptable alternative.
Solved the intermittant problems and all was good.
I've never had any of the problems others are currently having and I wondered why?
Turns out members of a paid plan that were in good standing June 1 2017 will have normal service through 2018.
I'm going to stay with pb and by then surely there will be an acceptable alternative.
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